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By Amy Fishman
Posted: 3/14/06 Section: News
No one can deny it. Love, sex and hook-ups are some of the biggest issues in a college student's life. Over the weekend a student group tackled these issues and more through theatre and discussion and and will continue to do so this week.
Inner Voices: Social Issues Theatre addressed the issue of college relationships through their presentation "Get a Clue: A candid and lively look at love, lust, intrigue and allure," last Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Armory Free Theatre.
This week, the ensemble will tour campus with free and open-to-the-public performances at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Pi Beta Phi Sorority, 1005 S. Wright St., Wednesday at ISR and Thursday at PAR.
Through performances and discussions, the program addresses social issues that are important to college students.
J.W. Morrissette, assistant program coordinator, said the program is made up of an acting ensemble along with students who are in social issues or inner voices classes.
Each semester the program addresses different topics, such as health concerns, sexual health, body image, hate crimes, racism, women's issues, gay and lesbian issues and sexual assault.
Scripts are generated in three ways, according to Morrissette. Sometimes they are already written, sometimes the ensemble writes them, and sometimes the ensemble calls for scripts from playwrights.
We want to make it particular to the students, Morrissette said.
Ensemble member Eric Siegel, sophomore in education, said Director and Program Coordinator Lisa Fay asked the ensemble to decide what issues about relationships to address and how to address them.
Kevin Reader, ensemble member and graduate student, said the ensemble compiled a bunch of data, such as issues about relationships they discussed and thought a game show could facilitate different theories of relationships.
So the group presented the issues in a game show called "Get a Clue," where a game show host asked typical relationship questions, and contestants answered her questions and provided their opinions about certain relationship issues. Some of the issues addressed included trust, communication, standards, breaking up, interracial dating and being single.
Inner Voices: Social Issues Theatre addressed the issue of college relationships through their presentation "Get a Clue: A candid and lively look at love, lust, intrigue and allure," last Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Armory Free Theatre.
This week, the ensemble will tour campus with free and open-to-the-public performances at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Pi Beta Phi Sorority, 1005 S. Wright St., Wednesday at ISR and Thursday at PAR.
Through performances and discussions, the program addresses social issues that are important to college students.
J.W. Morrissette, assistant program coordinator, said the program is made up of an acting ensemble along with students who are in social issues or inner voices classes.
Each semester the program addresses different topics, such as health concerns, sexual health, body image, hate crimes, racism, women's issues, gay and lesbian issues and sexual assault.
Scripts are generated in three ways, according to Morrissette. Sometimes they are already written, sometimes the ensemble writes them, and sometimes the ensemble calls for scripts from playwrights.
We want to make it particular to the students, Morrissette said.
Ensemble member Eric Siegel, sophomore in education, said Director and Program Coordinator Lisa Fay asked the ensemble to decide what issues about relationships to address and how to address them.
Kevin Reader, ensemble member and graduate student, said the ensemble compiled a bunch of data, such as issues about relationships they discussed and thought a game show could facilitate different theories of relationships.
So the group presented the issues in a game show called "Get a Clue," where a game show host asked typical relationship questions, and contestants answered her questions and provided their opinions about certain relationship issues. Some of the issues addressed included trust, communication, standards, breaking up, interracial dating and being single.
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